Un chien dans un jeu de quilles (1983)
Dir: Bernard Guillou Comedy
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Overview
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles is a French film comedy first released in 1983,
directed by Bernard Guillou.
The film stars Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Julien Guiomar, Sylvie Joly and Béatrice Camurat.
Our overall rating for this film is: mediocre.
Synopsis
Joseph Cohen is a small-scale farmer in Brittany who just manages to
eke out a living. When his landlord, Alexandre, decides to
terminate his lease, Joseph has no other choice but to turn to his
stepbrother, Pierre, whom he has not seen for years. Pierre, a
Parisian psychologist, has nothing in common with his stepbrother but
wastes no time coming to his defence. But will they manage to
change Alexandre’s mind or will they merely make matters worse...?
Film Review
Sandwiched between two of his most successful comedies of the 1980s - La
Chèvre (1981) and Les Compères (1983) -
Pierre Richard starred in this more downbeat rural comedy, reprising
his successful double act with Jean Carmet - the duo had previously
worked together on Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire
(1972). Both actors have an uphill job trying to invigorate this
stilted comedy, which relies far too heavily on dated stereotypes and
clumsily executed sight gags to be remotely funny. Whilst the
film makes an agreeable change from the facile comedies that prevailed
in the early 1980s, and is reasonably well directed by Bernard Guillou,
the lacklustre screenplay and lack of decent jokes prevent it from
being anything special. Once seen, Un chien dans un jeu de quilles is
very quickly forgotten.
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